Racism is often equated with ignorance, but in reality, it’s a much deeper problem. Ignorance can be combatted with information. If racism were caused by a lack of familiarity with people of different backgrounds, we could cure it by introducing the racist to kind strangers. It doesn’t often work that way.
Racism is malignant and persistent, a stubborn, scarring disease that binds it’s DNA and its fury to a complex web of powerful negative emotions: fear, distrust, resentment.
Racism is a ticking time bomb, a cultural land mine that can lurk in a dormant state for years, ready to explode in a moment of unpredicted stress or outrage. Repeated and consistently positive exposure to diversity is not always enough to defuse its destructive potential. When the bomb finally explodes, it damages everyone that it touches.
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